Automobile-horn.



No. 896,606. PATENTED www, '1908.

R.WR1GHT. AUTQMQBILB- EQRN.

'PP'LIGATIQN- FILED 0012.15, .1907.

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dimm No. 896,606 j 'PUBMED AUG. 1s, 199s.

. R. WRIGET.

AUTOMOBILE HORN.

APPLIOATION'PILED 0GT.15, 1907.

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@ESI-A VA-ILBLE i Reeser;

f)lii'o`,' heve invented certain newv and useful Improvements in lliutoniobile Horns, of

-W-hicliitlie following is e: specificetion.

TlusinYention 1s e liornparticularly adapted for use `1n connectionvwitli the en- 'ginesr of automobiles or tlie like, being ce peble of operation by the eilieust from suoli engines- 1n case rtilieyve-re of the internal com# :bustion type, or by a supply of steern from e steam linotorgor by bulb.

` The objectof theinventionis to provide e, deviceflievin'g improved .Ineens for producing end. regulating the sound, end for allowing .the horn to vbe cleaned. -VVhen the horn is o erted by-en/ exhaust from a. gesolene-engine, vfor instance, 'there is e greet tendency for Adirt andfsedirnent to' collect in the horn, Wliich-in'elly interferes with its operation. 1 The present inifen'tioi'i whereby this dirt can be brown out by the operation of the engine, Without the necessity for tediously picking it ont with e piece of WireV orotlier instrument, es .new commonly practiced'.

The device also has ineens for the escape air from en or'dinery sir of condensation in cese the horn is operated z by steam, whereby ,the ycollection .ofweter in theliorn is pret/exited;

With these and other 'objects in View the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and is hereineterv described.,

in tlle drawings,l"igure 1 ise'side elevetion .of the horn Fig'. 2 is e Verticellongitndinel section. Fig. 3 is e perspective View, the outer casing being partly removed. Fig; 4 is e sectioinon the line 4-4 ofdiig.' l.

` Referring specicelly to thedreWings, i.;

lindicates the barrel, or tribe of' tliegliorn,

endtliis is closed et is reer end la escrow oep 2; Within the body ofthe oin'is e longitudinal .f-shaped partition indigcetedet 3,*Wliich serves to divide the' tubeinto sevf eral longitudinal compartments of dierent size or' cepeclty, and results in conneetion Witle other parts to be hei'einaf'terdescrilied, in several tones of different qualities, thereby reducing e cin'nie'. tile frontend oi? the errel is e oep? i to "i laiche' oi'` e. con-- nected, end pipe ,ineygleed from' tiret-iro Specification '5t Letters Patent.

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)rovides Ineens f chamber.

Y 'shoving the ple-te 7 forwardly this dirt niej;

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liaust chamber of the gesolene engine, from :i

steeni engine, or from any otherA Ysource of Huid pressure. l

The'front end of lthe barrel is"provided with e plurality of openings between lips 8 -sound is produced, /Wliilewitlie smell openF ing e, siren orflxiglrpitclied tone is produced. Tlietongues ere held es set by thumb screws 13, sind gloriously the tongues may ice independently adjusted to produce different sounds, harmonious or otherwise. .fl/ handle facilitates vthe movement of'encli tongue, and e stop. lll prevents it being drawn tout.

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Extending across the'. lierrel, et the iront Vedge ofthe sound openings, i s e diephragm l2, which is fined. .in the tube :ind sligli'tl 'r tron- 'eeted opposite eecli l'iolc, ilie truncetededge being toothed as indicated et l. Esch tongue 7 is provided s! its iront edge corresponding teeth i), sndwlren the ton is movedA up to tlic .l'ijdlest extent its l enter between the teeth 11 und substantie close the opening .or slit lietwcenltlre phregin and the bei-rel, so tiret the escep the operating fluid is to s` large extent vented. This is useful in elearningr the .li :is 'hereinafter explained. ln front of partition i2 is e inn le which rondes in front chamber 25 in the barrel. The 'i Ypose ol' tliis ien is to give e whirling son nd the liornend. else to blow ont or dislod sediment Wlriclrnniy tend to collei' t 'lliere is e greet tendenriY i'o and dirt to collect between the teeth 1 l. be dislodged end forced into the seid chereber from 'which it .may be blown out. l

. t its front end the A-slieped partition is surrounded by e coller 21 Wliicliis soldered on to scid partition end serves to support iiold the seine in proper position, tlie of having projections 2la which beni' egel laire side ofthe borrel with suflicient vtric to hold the parte es set, init by ren l csp '.2 the ertition 3 -niay oo tur verles tlie 4ocation 'or positie' 'parte of .the ,partition iif'itn tongues, and has the elect, of varying the sound produced by changing the capacity or position of the'vibrating compartments into which the barrel is divided by the partition.

The chamber 25 at the lfront end of the i horn is provided with a plurality of nipples -1 3, extending through the barrel, and each mp le has aplug 17., a screen 18, and asheet tering'paper 19. lect in the chamber 25, and it may be blown out through the nipples 16by removing the plug, lthe screen and the.` filtering paper. hen the deviceis f connected to agasolene engine the caps 1.7 are put place. yWhen used in connection with' a steam engineA the -caps`17 are removed which allows .any Water of condensation to escape through the filteringpaper and'through the'screen 18. At the same timey the filt'ering paper prevents, to a certain extent, the escape of the steam.- With the gasole'ne engine it is essential or desirable that the chamber be made as air-tight *as possible, for which reason the plugs 17 are inserted.

To blow out dirt from the chamber the tongues 7 are iirst slipped forward against the teeth 11 toclose the sound openings as much as. possible; the plugs 17, the screen 18 andthe paper 19 are then removed, and by starting the engine any dirt within the chamber is blown out through the nip les.l 1

As heretofore described the vo ume or nature of the tone or sound roduced may be varied'by adjustment' oft e tongues 7 andv the partition 3.

1. A horn comprising a pipe having an opening in the side, Ya partition across the pipe forming a chamber 1n front of said opening and having an outlet thereto, a ltongue slidable on the pipe, across said opening, the

The dirt tendsto colwith respect to the said devices,

end of the tongue and the edge of the parta tion atv the outlet being toothed.v

2. A horn comprising a pipe having a plurality of sound reducing devices at the end thereof, and a ongitudinal tudinal chambers, the partition being adjustable to change the position of said chambers to varythe tones.

3. Ahorn comprising apipe having a partition'across the same forming a chamber in n artition in the body of the pipe, forming a p urality of longithe front end, sound producing devices .ar-

collar being rotatable in the pipe, to vary the position of the chambers with respect to the' sound producing devices.

. 5.- A horn comprising a pipe having a partition forming a chamber in the inlet end thereof, sound producing devices supplied from said chamber, and a vent in the pipe, to said chamber, provided with a removable plug, ascreen anda filter, substantially as described. y In testimony whereof I do aiX my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT- WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, EDITH D. COMER. 

